Best Gun sound effects

[JS ibanez]

So often when I play a game i find myself disappointed by the gun sound effects. There are very few games out there when I feel like i'm firing off a weapon designed to kill people. I get so disappointed when I get a big machine gun and it sounds like a spud gun.
a few examples
almost every gun in 007 nightfire
the beretta from MW1 and the M60
Quite a few of the older Ps2 games

also some games dont have nearly enough recoil to make it much fun either
the pump action shotgun in L4D annoys me because the recoil doesnt look like recoil at all and its out of sync almost. just keep watching it when you fire it and you'll see what i mean


So which games have that percussive bang done just right?

for me far cry2 was was so enjoyable. The "crack" of the pistols in that game were perfect as i had just as much fun firing them at nothing jsut to listen to it. the sniper rifles were great too as were the shotguns. also the recoil on the shotguns looked beastly, just like the real thing. really made me believe the guns i had were powerful

A special mention goes to Black on Ps2. This game was labelled as "Gun Porn" which describes it perfectly. this game was made for the guns. destructable environments, recoil and loud bangs when you fire them. You could kick up so much dust and smoke you wouldnt be able to see what you were firing at. and the reload sequences were done well too so you could oogle at it. i loved every second of this game

MW1 of course had some great sound effects, particularly the barret (of course)
The call of duty series as a whole was a pleasure to play sound wise.

any others people?

 

[Omikron009]

I found that in general the gun noises in the modern warfare games sounded muffled and dull, lacking the power of a gunshot. I really did like the gun sounds in far cry 2, which seemed more real to me.

 

[JS ibanez]

glad I wasnt the only one who like farcry2 for that reason
i do agree with you to some exten about MW

 

[SonicKoala]

I thought that the sound effects in some of the Call of Duty titles, such as Modern Warfare and WaW, were well done - in all honesty, I don't often pay attention to the gun sound effects, but when they're done right, they certaintly contribute to the immersion factor.

 

[JS ibanez]

that reminds me. WaW annoyed me. some were good. I loved spraying the ppsh. but i thought the thompson sounded ridiculous. utterly ridiculous.

 

[sylekage]

My favorite is the M1 Garand from the original call of duty. And then the ping when the metal thing came out, pure gold.

 

[Mushroomfreak111]

The AK's from MW1 sucked! I was so used to the awesome sound it makes in Counter-Strike, I was really let down =P. Once again Outlaws wins for me, cause the sounds there are pure gold^^.

BF2 has some good sounds too!

 

[JS ibanez]

totally totally agreed. the M1 ping is epic

 

[BENZOOKA]

After nearly 10 years of hearing the sounds of CS 1.3 to the current CS:S, that's pretty much what I use as a base for the gun sounds. The current M4A1 without a silencer sucks though. If a game has worse gun sound effects than that, then it affects the gaming experience. I guess some CoD games have had the best gun sounds so far.

As one having fired with an assault rifle plenty of times, the sounds aren't right there realistically. But it's not as much about sounding realistic than sounding good.

 

[Always_Remain]

I like most gun sound effects. Some call of duty ones are annoying but other then that I can't really think of any games that have bad gu . . . wait. I hate everything about Darkest of Days so that one.

As for favorite I really like the shotgun sounds in RE 4and 5 and Mass Effect. They are just so satisfying.

 

[The_Deleted]

Mercenaries 2 on the PS3 sounded fucking awesome!

 

[blue heartless]

I want a gun that goes, "pew pew"!

 

[Nutcase]

The AK is highly satisfying in Counter-Strike.

 

[David Bray]

I found that in general the gun noises in the modern warfare games sounded muffled and dull, lacking the power of a gunshot. I really did like the gun sounds in far cry 2, which seemed more real to me.

I'm the exact opposite to you mate. I like silenced pistols and thin, empty gun sounds. Although I didn't like a lot of MW's guns.

Give me simple western guns or a f*ck-mothering super rocket launcher or something.

 

[fix-the-spade]

any others people?

All the guns in Perfect Dark.

But personal favourites would be the RCP120 with it's bassy firing sound and crunchy mechanical reload.
The Magsec 4 and the pew pew if pew pew were a psychotic crackhead on speed noise, then the AR34, which was just loud.

The Assault rifle in Halo CE was brilliant as ewll, such a shame they wrecked it in future games.

The AK is highly satisfying in Counter-Strike.

I think the CT rifles sound better, the FAMAS fart of death especially.

 

[Mr_spamamam]

The Sound effects on Max Payne were amazing. The slow motion zinging sounds as bullets sail past you at super slow speeds. Never gonna forget the sound of a bullet time AK

 

[0p3rati0n]

My favorite is the M1 Garand from the original call of duty. And then the ping when the metal thing came out, pure gold.

That's what makes the gun a pure classic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9d01zAmnMY&feature=related
*warning all clips are from Band of Brothers (just in case)

OT- I really like all the sounds from CoD2! Just all of them are great! World at Wars were ok.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

Timesplitters 3, when you turn on human sound effects...
Geez, that was brilliant. I laughed so much...
Not enough to feel like puking, though.
That is indeed rare now.

 

[Wadders]

WaW had great gun sounds, especially with the bolt action rifles and shotguns. In stark contrast to its successor MW2, which has shite gun effects, with a few exceptions (.44 Mag, M14 AK) I mean, the USP .45 sounds like a fucking airsoft gun! And most of the rest have no real feeling to them, they're too subdued.

I think the prize goes to Insurgency Mod for HL2 MP though. The gun sounds on that are so realistic (within limits) and they just sound... right.

The problem i have with a lot of gun sound effects is that they're just not thunderous enough when compared with real guns. They just sound like pea shooters.